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A.S.W.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Association of Scientific Workers.


ASW British  

abbreviation

  1. antisubmarine warfare

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Among the key figures in her story are that sociable littérateur Sydney Cockerell and the high-rolling book dealers A.S.W.

From Washington Post

The museum's founders, book dealers and brothers A.S.W. and Philip Rosenbach, had family ties to the Gratzes, so materials from both groups are on display and for research.

From Seattle Times

In 1967, Sendak himself chose the Rosenbach - once the home of rare book dealers Philip and A.S.W.

From Seattle Times

Artemis grew out of a 1951 suggestion by Harvard Physicist Frederick V. Hunt, who convinced Navy A.S.W. experts that submarines could be detected at great distances only by unheard-of volumes of low-pitched sound.

From Time Magazine Archive

The most ambitious A.S.W. project now under consideration is Artemis, an extremely powerful sonar system that may�so its tests indicate�fill a whole ocean with searching sound and spot anything sizable that is moving in the water.

From Time Magazine Archive